Then there is this guy, Darryl Lee Wright

[YorkVol]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...urple-heart-and-750000-in-disability-benefits

Darryl Lee Wright lied to get benefits, fabricating a story that brought him hundreds of thousands of dollars when actual disabled vets are waiting months or years to get any sort of help.

Guys like this should be sent back to a war zone and forced to own up to their lies.

What he claimed

Court documents say the siblings crafted a fiction starring a mostly bedridden veteran who was unable to care for himself.

According to the indictment, Wright “represented that he was so severely disabled by PTSD symptoms that he spent two-to-five days a week in bed, in a fetal position; he had a caregiver, a house cleaner, and yard worker; he could not prepare his own meals; he could not take public transportation or be in crowds; he could walk only fifty meters; and his attention span was only five to ten seconds.”

It continued: “In support of his continued receipt of disability payments, [Wright falsely reported] that Karen Bevens was his ‘In Home Care Attendant’ spending over 40 hours per week caring for him; he was unable to function without Bevens or someone else’s assistance; he could not tie or fasten shoes/belts/buttons; he could not prepare meals; he rarely drove; he could walk only 20 yards; he could not pay attention; and he could not follow spoken instructions.”

But in truth

In fact, Wright led a very active life “unencumbered by any disability or infirmity,” the indictment said.

He played in a recreational basketball league and coached a high school team. He was a member of an emergency response team that responded to fires and conducted searches and rescues in Snoqualmie, about 30 miles east of Seattle. He had a “sport” membership at a local country club. Wright was also a board member for a hospital foundation and ran unsuccessfully for political office.

[This WWII Marine was killed in the Pacific Theater. Now, 72 years later, ‘our boy is coming home.’]

A photo snapped outside his home by an investigator and included in his federal court file showed Wright pushing a lawn mower.

 

[joevol33]

As someone who has the utmost respect for our military, and has had family killed and hurt fighting, this stuff ticks me off.